Troubleshooting Batch Capturing; To Import And Export Batch Lists - Adobe PREMIERE PRO 2 Manual

If you want to stop batch capturing, click the Stop button in the Capture panel, or press the Esc key.
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Troubleshooting batch capturing

You can perform trouble-free batch capturing if device control and the project's capture settings are set up properly
and if the offline files you logged are consistent and free of conflicting data. If you encounter problems with batch
capturing, make sure that all clips you want to batch capture are set up with the proper settings:
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Each clip's Status must be Offline. Verify the status in the Project panel List view. If a clip is not offline, select it in
the Project panel and choose Project > Unlink Media. If you select multiple clips and some are online, Adobe
Premiere Pro captures the offline files only.
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Tape Name, Media Start, and Media End must be specified in the Edit Offline File dialog box for each offline file.
As long as one selected offline file contains these settings, the Batch Capture command is available, but only clips
with all three settings are captured. If necessary, verify this in the Project panel List view or double-click each
offline file to edit settings.
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Recording video, audio, or both must be supported by the selected capture device. For example, audio isn't
captured if the capture device doesn't capture audio. If settings exist that can't be captured, batch capturing stops
and the Capture Settings Error dialog box appears.
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The file name of each clip (as specified in the Capture Settings dialog box) must not duplicate the file name of an
existing clip. If necessary, double-click each offline file to verify that its name is unique. If you select an offline file
with a duplicate name for batch capturing, Adobe Premiere Pro slightly alters the name of that clip when it
captures it. In this way, it avoids overwriting the other file with the same name.
To manage capture errors when the Capture Settings Error dialog box appears, do one of the following:
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To fix the capture settings for any clips in the list, select one or more files in the list and click Edit Settings.
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To omit the clips with invalid capture settings and proceed with the rest of the batch capture, click Skip. Clips you
skip are removed from the list and are not captured.
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To stop batch capturing, click Cancel. No clips are captured.

To import and export batch lists

You can import a batch list as a tab-delimited text (TXT) file or a comma-separated value (CSV) text file. When
imported, each entry in the text batch list appears as an offline file in the Project panel. You can also export offline
files as a CSV batch list so that you can transfer a logged clip list between projects and workstations. To see the format
of a batch list, export it and open the file in a text editor such as Notepad or in a spreadsheet application. A batch list
text file may come from sources such as Adobe Premiere 6.5, logging utilities such as Pipeline Autolog, or custom
video-production software that uses a database or spreadsheet program to generate a batch list.
When you import a batch list, the order of fields in the list must be as follows: tape name, In point, Out point, clip
name, and comment. When you export offline files as a batch list, Adobe Premiere Pro orders the fields as follows:
tape name, In point, Out point, clip name, log note, description, scene, and shot/take. Exported field data is exported
from the corresponding columns in the List view of the Project panel.
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To import a batch-list timecode log, open a project and choose Project > Import Batch List. Locate and select the
file, and click Open.
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To export a batch-list timecode log, select the files that you want to log. Then choose Project > Export Batch List.
Specify a file name and location, and click Save.
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